Careers Job Description
General Description
The Facilities Planning Unit of the Office of Facilities Planning, Construction, and Management (FPCM), is responsible for:
• Developing and managing planning initiatives for each of the 25 CUNY campuses.
• Working with the colleges to develop capital project requests for funding from the State, City, and other sources.
• Partnering with Capital Budget Unit in the preparation of the University's annual Capital Budget Request.
• Performing space needs analyses, project programming, and feasibility studies.
• Coordinating with the Real Estate Transactions Unit on the identification, analysis, and development of space and project opportunities in non-CUNY-owned space.
• Managing and updating the space inventory system and providing support, updates, and reports on facilities lifecycle assessment for all CUNY campuses.
• Developing and maintaining CUNY-wide space and planning guidelines.
• Managing, optimizing, and improving space/move request interface.
• Responding to and providing guidance for space and move requests, with a focus on Central Office space
• Analyzing and reporting on utilization and occupancy rates across multiple Central Office Locations
• Ability to tailor data and information into formats presentable to a variety of audiences
• Providing database and report development support for all FPCM departments.
Other Duties
Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Associate Planner is responsible for:
• Assisting in the management and development of planning initiatives and other studies
• Supporting campuses with the development and documentation of capital project requests for inclusion in CUNY's annual Capital Budget Request to the State and the City.
• Working closely with FPCM's Department of Design, Construction, and Management to provide project planning, programming, and conceptual design support on capital projects at assigned campuses.
• Participating in the development and maintenance of CUNY-wide space and planning guidelines.
• Responding to and providing guidance for space and move requests, with a focus on Central Office space
• Self-managing a schedule that invlolves traveling and working out of multiple Central Office or Campuls locations with ability to be flexiable based on day to day.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Planning, Architecture, or a related field.
• Three years of professional experience in institutional planning.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to see the "big picture" while paying attention to details.
• Strong interpersonal skills with attention to customer service, diplomacy, and discretion.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's degree in Planning, Architecture, or a related field.
• Higher education planning experience.
• Public-sector experience.
• Project management experience.
• Professional license or certification.
• Experience with database and reporting software.
• Experience working with floor plans.
• Experience working with AutoCAD or other CAD software, creating or review programming diagrams, schematic, and/or construction drawings.
• Experience preparing and reviewing budgets.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Real Estate and Planning
Full Time
$70,000.00 - $80,000.00
May 16, 2023 (Or Until Filled)